Bill Gates introduced Windows on November 10, 1983.November 10, 1983Microsoft unveils Windows, an extension of the MS-DOS operating system that provides a graphical operating environment. Windows features a window management capability that allows a user to view unrelated application programs simultaneously. It also provides the capability to transfer data from one application program to another. Windows wouldn't actually ship until 2 years later.

A robot developed by Japanese scientists is so fast it can "win" the rock-paper-scissors game against a human every single time.How? It cheats. From the BBC:"It uses high-speed recognition and reaction, rather than prediction.Technically, the robot cheats because it reacts extremely quickly to what the human hand is doing rather than making a premeditated simultaneous action as the rules state.Taking just one millisecond (ms) - a thousandth of a second - to recognise what shape the human hand is making, it then chooses a winning move and reacts at high speed.Version one completed its shape 20ms after the human hand; version two finishes almost simultaneously."

Russia is in the midst of a violent crackdown against lesbian, gay, bi and trans people - fueled by laws that make it a crime to be open about who you are and who you love.The Olympic games are our best chance to end to Russia's outrageous anti-gay laws -- but to do it, it's going to take lots more of us to hear about what's happening in Russia.Watch this beautiful 2-minute video, and please share it with your family and friends.

French photographer Alain Delorme seemingly captures a rare and extraordinary moment in the natural world: the murmurations of birds, balletic, synchronized, and dramatically graceful. Let's enjoy the grand art that thousands of birds came and made this incredible dance in the sky.

"You've never seen hot air balloons like this before. A couple weeks ago, Albuquerque, New Mexico held its 42nd annual International Balloon Fiesta. It's a 9-day event where over 700 balloons see liftoff. It's the largest hot air balloon festival in the entire world and we were on hand to capture the action."